The Rattlesnake Lawyer, Dan Shepard, inherits a "Breakdown Docket," picking up cases from lawyers who have had a breakdown. Then he has the chance to defend Lexy Montaño, who is accused of murder. He takes the case just when his friends and family all desert him for things more urgent. Judges from the Breakdown Docket are not sympathetic to his time spent defending Lexy, and Dan is at risk of being disbarred. Join a very overwhelmed Dan as he fights for truth--and for his very existance. "Jonathan Miller may just be the next John Grisham." Albuquerque Journal "Miller's knowledge of Southwest life, and his deftness with witty and colorful dialogue between peculiar characters shines." Arizona Daily Sun